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Britain's Human Zoos

Season 1
In a shocking and emotional expose, novelist Nadifa Mohamed reveals how African people were trafficked to Western countries for entertainment and experimentation. Starting in the 1890s, millions of Europeans and Americans encountered ‘native’ Africans for the first time in so-called ‘human zoos’. This deeply strange but once hugely popular enterprise has been all but forgotten. Until now.
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  1. S1 E1 - Britain's Human Zoos
    November 27, 2023
    47min
    TV-MA
    In a shocking and emotional expose, novelist Nadifa Mohamed reveals how African people were trafficked to Western countries for entertainment and experimentation. Starting in the 1890s, millions of Europeans and Americans encountered ‘native’ Africans for the first time in so-called ‘human zoos’. This deeply strange but once hugely popular enterprise has been all but forgotten. Until now.
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Cast
Nadifa Mohamed
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Red Bicycle
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